isolli

33 ms·

421.
by isolli 6y ago
Unless I'm mistaken, the difference between MOND and classical Newtonian gravity is not in the value of G, but in making the force proportional to distance (rather than distance squared) at very large distances.
422.
by isolli 6y ago
Fooled by Randomness was written first. I found it quite insightful. Having read it, the Black Swan felt like a rehash of the same ideas, while the narrator (Taleb) comes across as particularly insufferable. If you've read the Black Sw
423.
by isolli 6y ago
Thanks. I hope you enjoy it :) And I really don't recommend reading the Black Swan, especially after reading Fooled by Randomness!
424.
by isolli 6y ago
This anecdote was recounted by Nassim Taleb in one of his books, either Fooled by Randomness (which I recommend) or The Black Swan (which I don't). According to him, it was MBA courses that recommended adding chess to the CV, as it sho
425.
by isolli 6y ago
If you're looking for classical music specifically, I would recommend a dedicated service. For instance, I use Idagio and I'm very happy with them (there are others of course). The killer feature is curated metadata, dedicated to
426.
We Need to Rename ADHD(scientificamerican.com)
4 points by isolli 6y ago|5 comments
427.
by isolli 6y ago
Thanks for the idea, I use a notebook to keep track (and hopefully cross out) todo items, but a whiteboard might be an even better idea. More visible, and more flexible... In my case, I have to battle the fallacy that, no matter how good it
428.
by isolli 6y ago
I'm sorry to hear that :(
429.
by isolli 6y ago
As someone once said about the controversy surrounding Mark Twain's books: "so there weren't any n** back then?" Meaning that reprinting his books and replacing the n word with the more neutral "slave" risks wh
430.
by isolli 6y ago
A distinction can be made when considering the limit of a sequence. If a sequence converges to zero from positive values (sometimes written -> 0+), then the inverse of the sequence will diverge to +inf, while if the sequence converges to
431.
Three Top Russian Cybercrime Forums Hacked(krebsonsecurity.com)
3 points by isolli 6y ago|0 comments
432.
by isolli 6y ago
Yes, I had both long flu and long pneumonia. In both cases it took me about 2 months to fully recover after being officially cured. It annoys me a little that people are only now discovering that respiratory illnesses can have long-term eff
433.
Scientists Find Link Between Bipolar Disorder and Neuroinflammation(gizmodo.com)
7 points by isolli 6y ago|0 comments
434.
by isolli 6y ago
Tangentially reminds me of this video by Jonathan Blow [0], "Preventing the Collapse of Civilization". The eye-opening moment, for me, was the importance (and neglect) of the inter-generational transfer of knowledge in maintaining
435.
by isolli 6y ago
Simplifying a bit, I believe it's important to distinguish between hard, experimental science (physics), not fully experimental science (climate, medicine) and social science (economics). For instance, medicine is not fully experimenta
436.
Vintage 20-Cassette Panasonic Carousel from 1972(youtube.com)
2 points by isolli 6y ago|0 comments
437.
Guidelines to place children in solitary quarantine are 'cruel punishment'(torontosun.com)
2 points by isolli 6y ago|0 comments
438.
by isolli 6y ago
About 50% of market economies is centrally planned, via the existence of large companies that plan and organize production not through market signals but simply by issuing commands to their workers.
439.
Google is a tech giant now, but it’s been a survivalist since it started(vox.com)
1 points by isolli 6y ago|0 comments
440.
by isolli 6y ago
Thanks. Based on this source, it looks like the main driver of deforestation may be charcoal in Africa and soy in Brazil. There was no need to dismiss soy as one of the contributing factors.
441.
by isolli 6y ago
Would you have a source for that?
442.
by isolli 6y ago
I did too! It was cheaper as well.
443.
by isolli 6y ago
Vitamin D plays a role as well, I believe (or at least weather conditions, as demonstrated by the extreme seasonality of the pandemic).
444.
by isolli 6y ago
Or it could be exactly the opposite. In this paper [0], Ioannidis (one of the most cited epidemiologists in the world) and his co-authors write: << In summary, we fail to find strong evidence supporting a role for more restrictive NPI
445.
by isolli 6y ago
Isn't this a core design failure, rather than merely a UI failure? << On Flexcube, the easiest (or perhaps only) way to execute the transaction was to enter it in the system as if paying off the loan in its entirety, but to direc
446.
There’s no such thing as “a startup within a big company”(hunterwalk.medium.com)
635 points by isolli 6y ago|313 comments
447.
by isolli 6y ago
To be fair, I've had the same experience with the Wall Street Journal (you must speak to a human and they try to give a few months free) and French newpaper Le Monde (where I even had to pay 5.50 euros to cancel via certified mail). On
448.
Peer reviewers–time for mass rebellion?(blogs.bmj.com)
1 points by isolli 6y ago|0 comments
449.
by isolli 6y ago
It also sounds exactly like Ferguson's Imperial College epidemiology model that apparently compelled politicians into imposing hard lockdowns (and was likely wrong by at least an order of magnitude): - "a single 15k line C file th
450.
by isolli 6y ago
This reminds me of the "lump-of-labor fallacy" fallacy [0]: << When economists invoke the "lump-of-labour fallacy" I have to wonder how much research they have done on the history of the fallacy claim and how much

More ›